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New Orleans Pelicans vs. Denver Nuggets

January 13, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Nuggets beat the Pelicans 122-116 on 2026-01-13 on the road against the Pelicans. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Saddiq Bey, Trey Murphy III, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. The Nuggets started Aaron Gordon, Jamal Murray, Jalen Pickett, Peyton Watson, and Spencer Jones. Jamal Murray (Nuggets) scored 15 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Saddiq Bey as his primary defender. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 25 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Aaron Gordon as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 116

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	34:01	31	5	2	1	0	4	5	11-18	4-8	5-5	-8
Saddiq Bey GS	31:48	17	4	2	0	0	0	3	4-8	1-4	8-10	-1
Zion Williamson GS	31:28	12	7	4	1	0	2	5	5-12	0-0	2-3	-4
Derik Queen GS	28:48	10	13	5	0	0	1	2	5-10	0-0	0-0	0
Jeremiah Fears GS	26:08	10	3	3	0	1	4	0	3-9	0-4	4-4	-3
Jordan Hawkins	22:09	6	5	2	0	1	1	1	2-5	2-4	0-0	+4
Jordan Poole	19:48	16	1	2	1	0	3	2	4-9	4-7	4-4	-1
Yves Missi	19:13	8	7	0	1	1	0	1	2-7	0-0	4-5	-6
Karlo Matković	14:46	4	5	1	1	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-2
Micah Peavy	11:51	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1-5	0-2	0-0	-9
Totals		116	51	21	6	4	15	20	39-86	11-29	27-31

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DEN

Denver Nuggets 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Peyton Watson GS	39:19	31	7	5	2	1	2	3	11-16	1-4	8-9	+15
Jamal Murray GS	37:24	35	2	9	3	1	3	2	11-19	5-8	8-9	+8
Aaron Gordon GS	29:35	16	7	1	2	0	0	3	6-15	1-5	3-5	+8
Jalen Pickett GS	29:15	16	0	3	0	0	0	1	6-9	4-6	0-0	-2
Spencer Jones GS	22:31	2	5	0	0	1	0	6	1-5	0-2	0-2	-6
Tim Hardaway Jr.	32:38	18	4	2	0	0	1	1	4-9	3-7	7-7	+12
Bruce Brown	24:16	4	4	2	0	0	1	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	+2
Zeke Nnaji	22:18	0	3	2	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-1	0-0	0
Hunter Tyson	2:44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-7
Totals		122	32	24	8	3	7	22	41-84	14-35	26-32

Did not play: DaRon Holmes II (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Strawther (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 17.1 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Saddiq Bey · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi 8.6 min
Jordan Poole · Karlo Matković · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.4 min
Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 3.0 min
Saddiq Bey · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen 2.1 min

DEN

Denver Nuggets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones Starter 9.5 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Jalen Pickett · Peyton Watson 6.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Zeke Nnaji · Peyton Watson 4.9 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Aaron Gordon · Jamal Murray · Peyton Watson · Spencer Jones 3.1 min
Tim Hardaway Jr. · Jamal Murray · Bruce Brown · Jalen Pickett · Zeke Nnaji 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Pelicans defense

Jamal Murray 15 pts (5/12) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Saddiq Bey (20 %, 3 pts) · Trey Murphy III (16 %, 0 pts) · Jeremiah Fears (12 %, 2 pts)
Aaron Gordon 11 pts (3/6) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (38 %, 2 pts) · Trey Murphy III (17 %, 0 pts) · Derik Queen (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Peyton Watson: 25 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Jamal Murray: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Saddiq Bey	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jamal Murray: 15 poss., 3 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	Aaron Gordon: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Zeke Nnaji: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Derik Queen	Spencer Jones: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Peyton Watson: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jeremiah Fears	Jalen Pickett: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jordan Hawkins	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Pickett: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Zeke Nnaji: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Bruce Brown: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jordan Poole	Bruce Brown: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Peyton Watson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Tim Hardaway Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Murray: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Micah Peavy	Jamal Murray: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tim Hardaway Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Nuggets defense

Zion Williamson 25 pts (6/10) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Aaron Gordon (27 %, 5 pts) · Spencer Jones (20 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (12 %, 2 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 6 pts (2/10) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Pickett (41 %, 3 pts) · Tim Hardaway Jr. (22 %, 0 pts) · Peyton Watson (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Peyton Watson	Saddiq Bey: 20 poss., 4 pts (0/1) · Trey Murphy III: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Jamal Murray	Trey Murphy III: 26 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Micah Peavy: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Jordan Hawkins: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Aaron Gordon	Zion Williamson: 16 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Jalen Pickett	Jeremiah Fears: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jordan Poole: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bruce Brown	Karlo Matković: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Zeke Nnaji	Yves Missi: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Spencer Jones	Derik Queen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hunter Tyson	Zion Williamson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/2)